"The Ladies Boarding School"

"The Ladies Boarding School"
Rare Documented English Naïve School Group Portrait
Depicting Twelve Young Ladies with Attendant Schoolmistresses
Pen, Ink and Watercolour on Paper
English, Inscribed in Pen and Ink, c.1800-1820

18" high x 28 ¼" wide (framed)

Provenance; Judkyn Pratt Collection, Bath, UK. Private Collection New York City, USA
Literature: James Ayres, "English Naïve Painting 1750-1900": Thames and Hudson, London, 1980; Illustrated and described Page 42, Plate 15, where the author notes that the picture may well have been painted by one of the elegant young ladies which it portrays.

Ref: 9625